Open Carry Firearm States List and Descriptions
Permissive Open Carry States which means the states have passed full preemption regarding all firearm laws. These states permit open carry to all law-abiding citizens without a criminal record without any special permit or firearms license. The open carry is legal for a citizen on foot or in a motor vehicle. The states that allow this are Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Virginia, Alaska and Kentucky.
Licensed Open Carry States allows open carry to all law-abiding citizens once they apply and are approved for a permit or firearms license. They can also carry on foot or in their motor vehicle. The states that require a permit or license for open carry are Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Hawaii and Massachusetts.
Anomalous Open Carry States open carry in these states are generally lawful, but the state itself may have other stiff restrictions to deter citizens from carry a firearm open. The laws in these states are very grey and could cause you a lot of problems if you go toting a gun around openly. The states that have a lot of grey area on open carry are Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana , Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, Delaware and New Hampshire. You shouldn't carry open firearms in these states just to avoid a charge of bringing terror to the people which only requires a citizen to see you carry open firearms and saying they are in fear. You will get charged.
Non-Permissive Open Carry States which means these states don't allow open carry of firearms or is only lawful under very limited situations such as hunting, traveling to and from a hunting site or in self defense. The laws are very grey in these states and you risk being arrested if you carry a firearm in the open. These states consist of Texas, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., Arkansas, Illinois, South Carolina, New York and Florida.
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Remember, just because you can't open carry a firearm you can apply and receive a permit or license to carry a concealed weapon as long as you pass your states firearm checks. Also, always follow the laws for carrying a concealed weapon-ignorance is not a valid reason for not knowing your states laws in carrying a concealed firearms.
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Post a CommentTHE REAL REASON FOR THE 2ND AMENDMENT WASNT CREATED TO PRETECT YOU FROM ME, BUT TO FEND OFF THE ENEMY FROM WITHOUT AND FROM WITHIN OUR NATION. CASE AT POINT OUR GOVERMENT . THERES TROOPS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ON OUR SOIL RIGHT NOW . WHAT WILL YOU DO TO KEEP YOUR FREEDOM ?? WILL YOU FIGHT OR ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SURRENDER LIKE COWARDS OR BETTER YET SHEEPLE
"...ignorance is not a valid reason for not knowing your states laws in carrying a concealed firearms."
Unless, of course, you are a cop. You can be as informed as a box of rocks and THATS OK. You can harass citizens all day long with impunity. Your clown suit and tin badge make that a moral right for you.
I have a hand gun permit and I carrie mine every where because you never know what around the corner, and I carrie to for protection and it also my right and will carrie it,no damn body or government is going to take it away, hope I never have to use it, it is better to be caught with it than with out it.
you are a idiot. we are releasing six thousand felons to relieve over crowding in Michigan prisons .Our past Governor released four thousand.no job skills less cops you will be happy to see a man or women that open carries and protects you dumb ass from these felons
Martin, its those gun toting young men that you would beg for help if you were being attacked. Or if your wife, daughter or child were being attacked and you had to stand there and watch then you would change your mind very quickly. I heard today that one of the wonded from AZ. threatened death to someone who had nothing to do with his shooting. Is he any better than his shooter? . .
Are they unwilling to take their own security seriously, notwithstanding thatof their family.
I am told that states that allow open carry that crime has dropped, true.
I'm a retired Army Officer. In my experience, a properly trained and armed public is a safer public. I live in a rural community, most are hunters. Everyone here has firearms, and there is no violent crime and little or no other crime. Criminals look for softer targets than the armed public.
I live in Danbury NC have no problem OC I would like to know if someone have a guns then not to know and I can see both points but gun dont kill
people kill with gun but seeing the gun point is this
people that dont like gun are the ones that make it hard on open carry not gun crime look at it like this u dont have to see the gun to be killed by it see the gun
and the person actions with the gun that can make all the difference
Martin, Were the men flashing there guns? Making threats? Doing anything but shoping?
If not then nothing to fear, it is the ones who carry guns that you dont see and plan to use the them for the wrong reason. One last question were any officers in the store